Another what Mountain Bike £1500
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This is a decent bike for that kind of money https://www.chainreactioncycles.com/vitus-mythique... or this which is a little over budget https://www.canyon.com/en-gb/mountain-bikes/full-s...
I personally prefer something a little slacker but for basic trail riding these would be fine
the other option would be to go for a hard tail, something like an Orange Crush, Nukeproof Scout, Trek Roscoe or Whyte 90X
I personally prefer something a little slacker but for basic trail riding these would be fine
the other option would be to go for a hard tail, something like an Orange Crush, Nukeproof Scout, Trek Roscoe or Whyte 90X
For that use and budget, I'd be looking for a really nice hard tail... No point lugging around unnecessary weight and complication.
Have a squint at the Cube offerings; they make a decent frame and are always well specced in terms of cycle parts.
Timing helps too; there will be loads of end of season offers.
Ride as many as you can
Have a squint at the Cube offerings; they make a decent frame and are always well specced in terms of cycle parts.
Timing helps too; there will be loads of end of season offers.
Ride as many as you can
Court_S said:
I’d be looking at a hard tail at that budget. You’ll get better forks etc.
I think I’m going to buy a Vitus from CRC once they are in stock in the next few weeks. Not a brand I’d normally consider but the spec against the Orange I was also looking at is too good to ignore.
Im looking at a Vitus to.I think I’m going to buy a Vitus from CRC once they are in stock in the next few weeks. Not a brand I’d normally consider but the spec against the Orange I was also looking at is too good to ignore.
Applogies for this thread hijack, but Im in a similar situation. Decided I want to get back in to MTB after a long time away. But dont want to spend to much initally incase it becomes a flash in the pan.
Weighing up the following:
Specialized pitch expert 2019 (can be found on sale for £449 & possibly also purchase Rockshox Recon RL Solo Air Fork on sale for £144)
Vitus Nucleus 27 VR Bike (Altus 2x9 - 2020) £549 (already has air fork?)
Good budget 27.5 options?
Looked at 2nd hand bikes but if you use cycle to work or other tax breaks then new makes sense.
I bought a Whyte 905 earlier this year for just about the same reasons as the OP. It’s a great bike at doing mountain bike stuff but it’s a right slog when you just want to go out on the compacted trails/paths and get a few miles in. I wish I’d just bought a gravel bike in the first place, I think I’d have had much more use out of one by now.
FRG0 said:
I bought a Whyte 905 earlier this year for just about the same reasons as the OP. It’s a great bike at doing mountain bike stuff but it’s a right slog when you just want to go out on the compacted trails/paths and get a few miles in. I wish I’d just bought a gravel bike in the first place, I think I’d have had much more use out of one by now.
Good that you recognise your error (the 905 is a proper trail bike.) and are advising the OP accordingly. For you, having bought the bike, the answer is to now go and hit the bikeparks
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